Roger Springfield due in court in unlawful surveillance probe

Roger Springfield, former media director for Syracuse University's athletic department, is scheduled to appear in court this morning. His attorney has said Springfield has been under investigation for unlawful surveillance. Springfield is pictured before a 2010 Syracuse University football game. Nicholas Lisi / The Post-Standard

Syracuse, NY - Roger Springfield, former media director for the Syracuse University athletics department, is due in Onondaga County Court today to face arraignment in a criminal investigation.

Springfield, whose real name is Roger Cahak, has been the subject of a monthlong probe into allegations of surreptitious locker-room video recording.

When news of the investigation first became public last month, SU officials said Springfield was no longer employed there. He had been director of media properties and productions at SU after 11 years as a sportscaster at WSTM-TV in Syracuse.

District Attorney William Fitzpatrick said last month that the investigation by his office and Syracuse police began after receiving a report from SU officials.

Neighbors reported several marked and unmarked police cars outside Springfield's home in Manlius much of the day Dec. 12.

Because Springfield was not arrested before the matter was presented to a grand jury , any indictment would normally be sealed until his appearance in court. It's common for the prosecution to arrange to have such defendants surrender in court with their lawyers instead of having them taken into custody on a warrant.